Barton County KS Archives History - Books .....Settlements - Comanche Township 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 3, 2005, 12:08 am Book Title: Biographical History Of Barton County Comanche Township Comanche township includes within its borders land that in the early days a great many thought was practically worthless but this was proved to be untrue by the results obtained after the soil had been cultivated. The first settler in Comanche was Joseph Plaisted, who located just across the river from Ellinwood in 1871. Among others who followed Mr. Plaisted's lead were Carl Herter, John Herter, Chas. B. Darr, Will H. Grant, John C. Proctor, David T. McIntyre, John Hamilton, J. S. Province, all of whom made good and made of this township one of the best and most productive in the county. It now has a population of 688. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/barton/history/1912/biograph/settleme13gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb